All IPE articles in August 2005 (Online)
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Invesco taps UBS’s Salzmann as Swiss head
SWITZERLAND - Invesco has named Marcel Salzmann, a former manager at rival UBS Global Asset Management, as its new head of Switzerland.
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Petroleum Fund to buy €1.6bn in FX next month
NORWAY – The Norwegian central bank will buy the equivalent of around €1.6bn in foreign exchange for the Petroleum Fund in September.
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UK's DWP slams uncertain DC outcomes
UK - The UK's Department for Work and Pensions says the growth in hybrid schemes may be driven in part by the "very uncertain outcomes" of defined contribution plans.
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TKP Pensioen real estate head retires
NETHERLANDS - TKP Pensioen’s head of real estate investments, Koos Gerlofs, has retired.
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UK's Cheshire awards tactical brief to Mellon
UK - Mellon Global Investments says it has been awarded a global tactical asset allocation by the £1.7bn (€2.5bn) pension fund of Cheshire County Council.
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Bank of New York VP Jelleff resigns
UK - Bank of New York vice president Sophie Jelleff has resigned after little more than a year with the securities services specialist.
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Half of Germans oppose mandatory pension saving
GERMANY - Half of the population in Germany is opposed to the idea of being forced to save for retirement either on the corporate or private level, according to a new study unveiled by German independent financial adviser MLP.
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Citigroup in German hedge fund move
GERMANY - The German investment arm of Citigroup has teamed up with a German and an Austrian private bank to launch one of Germany’s first single hedge funds.
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DWS/DeAM get new Swiss sales head
SWITZERLAND - Tim Koevenig has been named head of sales for Switzerland at Deutsche Bank's retail and institutional asset management arms DWS and DeAM.
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ING IM’s Wijstma moves to Robeco
NETHERLANDS – ING Investment Management’s Joost Wijstma has left the firm to become a director of business development at rival Robeco.
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PensionDanmark deputy CEO Fink joins Nordea
DENMARK - PensionDanmark’s deputy chief executive, Niels Fink, has left the pension fund to become a director in Nordea’s investment management department.
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AMF Pension names Björkén to fixed income role
SWEDEN – AMF Pension has rejigged its fixed income management, with Bengt Björkén become acting head of fixed income and Lars Aberg taking an ALM role.
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European schemes differ on pension directive
EUROPE – Managers of European pension funds have widely differing views about the directive on pension funds that is due to implemented by member states in less than a month.
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Dutch bank group SNS Reaal moves to DC
NETHERLANDS – Dutch bank assurance group, SNS Reaal Groep, has invested €105m in a collective defined contribution pension scheme – the first Dutch financial institution to do so.
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Finnish state fund returns 8.2% in first half
FINLAND – The €7.5bn Finnish State Pension Fund, or Valtion Eläkerahasto, returned 8.2% in the first six months of 2005, compared with 4.3% in the 2004 period.
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Multi-manager takes swipe at consultants
UK – Multi-management firm Investor Solutions has questioned the commitment of big consulting firms who are trying to break into the sector.
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IPE-QUEST: Two new searches
EUROPE – There are two new searches, for Asia-Pacific equities and pan-European real estate, on IPE-QUEST.
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South Yorkshire in corporate governance tender
UK – The £3bn (€4.4bn) South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has tendered for a corporate governance advisor.
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COMMENT: Germany’s draconian BaFin
COMMENTARY – German regulators’ new securities trading disclosure rules are far too draconian, writes European Fund Focus Editor Bruce Love.
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Aon under fire for Berne scheme deficit
SWITZERLAND - Investment consultant Aon Chuard has denied it is partly to blame for a more than CHF1bn (€646m) deficit at Berne teachers pension fund BLVK.
